Girls this year outshone the boys in the pass rate of the Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations in continuation of the trend in the past 13 years beginning in 2010.
These accounts of results exclude that of 2020 when 100 per cent pass rate was given following the 鈥榓uto-pass鈥� measure amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
This year, compared with the boys, 4.34 per cent more girls have passed from all the 11 education boards, while 15,955 more girls, in comparison with the boys, achieved the highest Grade Point Average of 5.
In all the education boards, comprising nine general boards, one madrassah board and a technical education board, girls did better than boys in the pass rate.
According to the result published on Tuesday, 79.95 per cent of the girls and 75.61 per cent of the boys passed the examinations in the combined result.
Regarding securing GPA 5, total 80,933 girls achieved聽 the result against 64,978 boys achieving the same.
Only in the madrassah board, more boys secured GPA 5 than girls this year.
The trend of girls outdoing boys has been continuing since 2010, according to the Bangladesh Education Statistics 2023 produced by the Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics.
The report showed that in 2009 the combined pass rate was 70.43 per cent, while the pass rate of the girls was 69.8 per cent.
After that since 2010 the girls鈥� pass rates continue to surpass the combined pass rates in the results of the HSC and its equivalent exams.聽聽
In 2010, the combined pass rate was 71.82 per cent, while that of the girls was 71.88 per cent.聽
Last year, 80.57 per cent of the girls and 76.76 per cent of the boys passed the examinations in the combined result with 49,365 girls and 43,230 boys securing GPA 5.
Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee chair and Dhaka Education Board chairman professor Tapan Kumar Sarkar officially published the results on Tuesday from his Dhaka board office with a combined pass rate of 77.78 per cent and 1,45,911 students securing GPA 5.
Total 10,35,309 examinees, comprising 5,31,714 female and 5,03,595 male students, out of 13,31,058, passed the examinations.
Board-wise distribution of pass rates is鈥攗nder the Dhaka board 79.95 per cent girls and 78.4 per cent boys; under the Rajshahi board 87 per cent girls and 76 per cent boys; under the Cumilla board 73.7 per cent girls and 67.74 per cent boys; under the Jashore board 69.26 per cent girls and 59.3 per cent boys; under the Chattogram board 72.49 per cent girls and 67.72 per cent boys; under the Barishal board 87.18 per cent girls and 76.16 per cent boys; under the Sylhet board 86.44 per cent girls and 83.85 per cent boys; under the Dinajpur board 81.01 per cent girls and 73.97 per cent boys; under the Mymensingh board 65.06 per cent girls and 61.24 per cent boys; under the madrassah board 94.87 per cent girls and 92.16 per cent boys; and under the technical board 93.03 per cent girls and 86.2 per cent boys.
Board-wise distribution of the GPA 5 securing students is鈥攗nder the Dhaka board 24,353 girls and 24,195 boys; under the Rajshahi board 14,597 girls and 10,305 boys; under the Cumilla board 4,954 girls and 2,968 boys; under the Jashore board 5,665 girls and 4,084 boys; under the Chattogram board 5,759 girls and 4,510 boys; under the Barishal board 2,804 girls and 1,363 boys; under the Sylhet board 3,829 girls and 2,869 boys; under the Dinajpur board 8,110 girls and 6,185 boys; under the Mymensingh board 2,717 girls and 2,109 boys; and under the technical board 3,392 girls and 1,530 boys.
Under the madrassah board, 4,860 boys and 4,753 girls secured GPA 5.
